ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE
Unit standard
Title
Identify and explain kaitiaki practices in tourism Māori
Number
17791
Task
Version
4
Level
Evidence
3
Credits
5
Judgement
Outcome 1: Identify and explain kaitiaki practices in tourism Māori
Task 1a
(1.1)
Find out what is meant by
kaitiaki practices and how
they pertain to Ranginui (sky
father) and Papatūānuku
(earth mother). Record at
least four kaitiaki practices
and give a brief explanation
(one paragraph) about each
one.
Written, oral or visual presentation to explain kaitiaki
practices that relate to Ranginui and Papatūānuku.
The following is an example of tauira responses:
Kaitiaki is the term used for the Maori concept of
guardianship, for the sky, the sea, and the land. A
kaitiaki is a guardian, and the process and practices
of protecting and looking after the environment are
referred to as kaitiakitanga and include rahui and
tapu.
“Within the Māori worldview are values, customs
and norms that give Māori people the ability to view
life holistically. One such value is the discipline of
kaitiakitanga, which puts parameters around
resources to protect them from exploitation. It
arouses a consciousness of what is environmentally
sustainable and appropriate, and determines the
boundaries that Māori need to work within to keep
their environment intact and safe. This, say the
kaumātua, is the ‘seed’ that will give rise to future
Māori development and involvement in the tourism
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Explanation will be similar to tauira example.
Responses to include:
Two kaitiaki practices are explained that relate to
Ranginui, Papatuanuku
http://researcharchive.lincoln.ac.nz/dspace/bitstrea
m/10182/111/1/TREC_Report_7.pdf
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industry”.
Task 1b
(1.1)
From your findings above explain
two different kaitiaki practices
and how they are applied in
tourism Māori.
Written, oral or visual presentation to explain kaitiaki
practices that relate to tourism Māori.
The following is an example of tauira responses:
Kaitiakitanga has been included in some
legislation. The Resource Management Act 1991
aims to enable sustainable management of
environmental resources. It states that people
managing resources under the act must take
kaitiakitanga into account.
Explanation will be similar to tauira example.
Responses to include:
Two kaitiaki practices applied to tourism Māori
http://www.newzealand.com/travel/media/features/m
aori-culture/maori-culture_kaitiakitanga_feature.cfm
This act defines kaitiakitanga as ‘the exercise of
guardianship by the tangata whenua of an area in
accordance with tikanga Māori in relation to natural
and physical resources; and includes the ethic of
stewardship’.
Kaitiakitanga allows Māori today to feel they are
meeting the responsibilities and hopes of their
ancestors. It also allows non-Māori to reflect on the
notion of kinship with nature, and how this idea
might be useful in an environmentally threatened
world.
Task 2 (1.2)
Research three kāwai
tipuna/atua – Tāne, Tangaroa
and one other and identify
two kaitiaki practices for
each, that are appropriate to
tourism Māori, that ensure
Written, oral or visual presentation to explain kaitiaki
practices associated with Tane, Tangaroa and one
other kāwai tipuna or atua with regard to tourism
Māori.
Explanation will be similar to tauira example.
Two kaitiaki practices for Tane
Two kaitiaki practices for Tangaroa
The following is an example of tauira responses:
Tane is considered one of the most important of the
kawai tipuna (superior being). He has authority over
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Two kaitiaki practice for a kāwai tipuna/atua of
candidate’s choice
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Evidence
the relationship between
people and their
environments are protected
and kept in a healthy state.
When writing up your
research, include the domain
or realm they are kaitiaki of.
man, forests, their products the birds. His children
are the trees. Prior to trees being felled, recognition
is given to Tane through karakia and chants.
Task 3 (1.3)
Written, oral or visual presentation of responses
from kaumātua, pakeke or iwi authority regarding
kaitiaki practices for a tourism event.
Interview kaumātua, pakeke,
or iwi authority from your
local rohe and discuss kaitiaki
practices and how they relate
to three different tourism
events.
Judgement
Tangaroa guardian of the sea controlled the fish in
all waters. Whenever men ventured out on the
ocean to catch fish they would observe the rituals
such as saying a karakia and tapu in honour of
Tangaroa before and after their expedition and
make offerings to him by returning the first catch
back to the sea.
Explanation will be similar to tauira example.
Three kaitiaki practices for three different tourism
events.
The following is an example of a tauira response:
Matariki marks the beginning of the new Māori
calendar and celebrates the work of recent
successful kaitiaki practices i.e. planting of new
trees and crops signalling new beginnings. It
celebrates the most advantageous time for new
planting, and ceremonial offerings to the land-based
gods Rongo, Uenuku and Whiro to ensure good
crops for the coming year.
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